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== Controversy ==
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Cooper called White people "corrupt" and stated that she thinks "that white people are committed to being villains in the aggregate" adding "the thing I want to say to you is we got to take these motherf–kers out," though she quickly added that she "doesn’t believe in a project of violence."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2021/10/29/rutgers-professor-calls-white-people-villains/|title=‘We got to take these motherf–kers out’: Rutgers professor calls white people ‘villains’ |work=New York Post|language=en}}</ref>.
Cooper called White people "corrupt" and stated that she thinks "that white people are committed to being villains in the aggregate" adding "the thing I want to say to you is we got to take these motherf–kers out," though she quickly added that she "doesn’t believe in a project of violence."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2021/10/29/rutgers-professor-calls-white-people-villains/|title=‘We got to take these motherf–kers out’: Rutgers professor calls white people ‘villains’ |work=New York Post|language=en}}</ref>.
Pointing to White people's low birth rates, she commented "White people’s birth rates are going down … because they literally cannot afford to put their children, newer generations, into the middle class … It’s super perverse, and also they kind of deserve it."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/rutgers-professor-says-white-people-153000065.html/|title=Rutgers professor says white people deserve low birth rates|work=Yahoo! News|language=en}}</ref>
Pointing to White people's low birth rates, she commented "White people’s birth rates are going down … because they literally cannot afford to put their children, newer generations, into the middle class … It’s super perverse, and also they kind of deserve it."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/rutgers-professor-says-white-people-153000065.html/|title=Rutgers professor says white people deserve low birth rates|work=Yahoo! News|language=en}}</ref> She's also very, very fat.
===Books===
===Books===


Revision as of 18:22, 29 October 2021

Brittney Cooper
Born
Ruston, Louisiana, U.S.
EducationHoward University (BA)
Emory University (MA, PhD)
Occupation(s)Author, pundit, cultural critic, public intellectual
EmployerRutgers University, New Brunswick
WebsiteOfficial website

Brittney Cooper is an American militant black nationalist [1]author, professor, activist, and cultural critic. Her areas of research and work include black women organizations, black women intellectuals, and hip-hop feminism.[2] In 2013 and 2014, she was named to the Root.com's “Root 100,” an annual list of top Black influencers.[3]

Personal life and education

Cooper is from Ruston, Louisiana.[2]

She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Political Science from Howard University in May 2002.[2][4] She graduated summa cum laude, was involved in Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated from Howard's honors program with her senior thesis in English.[4]

After graduating from Howard University, Cooper attended Emory University, where she received her Master of Arts from the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts in December 2007.[4] She received her Ph.D. in American Studies, in addition to a Women's Studies Certificate, from Emory's Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts in May 2009.[2][4]

Career

Cooper currently works as an associate professor of women's and gender studies and Africana studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.[2][5] She is a co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective and co-editor of the collection of essays of the same title, which explore intersectionality, African-American culture, and hip-hop feminism.[6][7]

She has also served as an assistant professor at the University of Alabama in the Department of Gender and Race Studies from 2009 to 2012, and she was a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Rutgers University's Center for Race and Ethnicity from 2011 to 2012.[4]

In 2016, Cooper gave a TED talk called "The Racial Politics of Time."[8]

On September 21st, 2021, during a talk hosted by The Root Institute titled “Unpacking the Attacks on Critical Race Theory,” Cooper, demonstrated racially charged hostility towards a group of individuals, called white people villains and suggested that they “kind of deserve” the current declining birth rate. She was asked if white people would release the power they currently hold, and gave the following “The thing I want to say to you is, ‘We gotta take these m-----f-----s out,’ but like, we can’t say that, right? I don’t believe in a project of violence, I truly don’t," because "our souls suffer from that."[9]

Publications

Cooper has written several books

Her first book was Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women, published in 2017 by University of Illinois Press. A book review from National Public Radio (NPR) called Beyond Respectability "a work of crucial cultural study."[10]

Cooper also co-authored and edited The Crunk Feminist Collection (published in 2017 by The Feminist Press at City University of New York) along with Susana M. Morris and Robin M. Boylorn.[11] The book collection received positive acclaim from Publishers Weekly,[12] Kirkus Reviews,[13] Literary Hub,[14] and Ebony.[15] The collection is a series of essays that originated on the blog The Crunk Feminist Collective, which Cooper co-founded.[16]

In 2018, her book Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower was published by St. Martin's Press.[11] In it, Cooper explores black feminism and anger, specifically the anger of black women, as a basis for revolutionary action.[5]

Cooper also writes articles for Cosmopolitan[17] and Salon.[18]

Controversy

Cooper called White people "corrupt" and stated that she thinks "that white people are committed to being villains in the aggregate" adding "the thing I want to say to you is we got to take these motherf–kers out," though she quickly added that she "doesn’t believe in a project of violence."[19]. Pointing to White people's low birth rates, she commented "White people’s birth rates are going down … because they literally cannot afford to put their children, newer generations, into the middle class … It’s super perverse, and also they kind of deserve it."[20] She's also very, very fat.

Books

The Crunk Feminist Collection (2017) ISBN 1558619437

Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women (2017) ISBN 0252082486

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (2018) ISBN 1250112575

References

  1. ^ . New York Post https://nypost.com/2021/10/29/rutgers-professor-calls-white-people-villains/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e Tanjeem, Nafisa. "Cooper, Brittney". womens-studies.rutgers.eduRutgers Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  3. ^ Noble, Barnes & Noble. "The Crunk Feminist Collection". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  4. ^ a b c d e "CV - Dr. Brittney Cooper". Dr. Brittney Cooper. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  5. ^ a b Burnley, Malcolm (June 20, 2020). "Author Brittney Cooper on Harnessing Rage, Right Now". New York Times.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Sanders, Joshunda (May 30, 2017). "Let's Get Crunk: Women in Hip Hop Get A Magnum Opus in "The Crunk Feminist Collection"". Bitch Media.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Kai, Maiysha (March 20, 2018). "Eloquent Rage: Brittney Cooper Knows the Beauty of the 'Angry Black Woman'". The Root.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Cooper, Brittney (2016), The racial politics of time, TED, retrieved 2018-03-03
  9. ^ Cooper, Brittney, Campus Reform
  10. ^ "In 'Beyond Respectability,' A History of Black Women As Public Intellectuals". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  11. ^ a b "Amazon.com: Brittney C. Cooper: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  12. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Crunk Feminist Collection by Edited by Brittney C. Cooper, Susana M. Morris, and Robin M. Boylorn. Feminist, $24.95 trade paper (312p) ISBN 978-155861-943-2". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  13. ^ THE CRUNK FEMINIST COLLECTION. 2017-01-01. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  14. ^ "11 Essential Women to Read for International Women's Day (and Beyond) | Literary Hub". lithub.com. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  15. ^ "Write the Power: Four Powerful Must-Reads - EBONY". www.ebony.com. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  16. ^ "People". The Crunk Feminist Collective. 2012-12-29. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  17. ^ "Brittney Cooper". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  18. ^ "Brittney Cooper". Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  19. ^ "'We got to take these motherf–kers out': Rutgers professor calls white people 'villains'". New York Post.
  20. ^ "Rutgers professor says white people deserve low birth rates". Yahoo! News.
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